First Trust Correlations

BUFG Etf  USD 24.68  0.21  0.84%   
The current 90-days correlation between First Trust Exchange and First Trust Exchange Traded is 0.55 (i.e., Very weak diversification). The correlation of First Trust is a statistical measure of how it moves in relation to other instruments. This measure is expressed in what is known as the correlation coefficient, which ranges between -1 and +1. A correlation greater than 0.8 is generally described as strong, whereas a correlation less than 0.5 is generally considered weak.

First Trust Correlation With Market

Poor diversification

The correlation between First Trust Exchange Traded and DJI is 0.67 (i.e., Poor diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding First Trust Exchange Traded and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
Check out Trending Equities to better understand how to build diversified portfolios, which includes a position in First Trust Exchange Traded. Also, note that the market value of any etf could be closely tied with the direction of predictive economic indicators such as various price indices.

Moving together with First Etf

  0.99BUFR First Trust CboePairCorr
  0.98BUFD FT Cboe VestPairCorr
  0.99PSEP Innovator SP 500PairCorr
  0.99PJUL Innovator SP 500PairCorr
  0.99PAUG Innovator Equity PowerPairCorr
  0.91DNOV FT Cboe VestPairCorr
  0.99PJUN Innovator SP 500PairCorr
  0.85FNGU MicroSectors FANG IndexPairCorr
  0.8VCAR Simplify Volt RoboCarPairCorr
  0.73T ATT Inc Fiscal Year End 22nd of January 2025 PairCorr
  0.76BAC Bank of America Fiscal Year End 10th of January 2025 PairCorr
  0.79DIS Walt DisneyPairCorr
  0.77CSCO Cisco Systems Aggressive PushPairCorr
  0.78WMT WalmartPairCorr
  0.77JPM JPMorgan Chase Fiscal Year End 10th of January 2025 PairCorr

Moving against First Etf

  0.46INOV Innovator ETFs TrustPairCorr
  0.71PFE Pfizer Inc Fiscal Year End 4th of February 2025 PairCorr
  0.68JNJ Johnson Johnson Fiscal Year End 28th of January 2025 PairCorr
  0.53DD Dupont De Nemours Fiscal Year End 4th of February 2025 PairCorr
  0.53MRK Merck Company Fiscal Year End 6th of February 2025 PairCorr
  0.47XOM Exxon Mobil Corp Fiscal Year End 7th of February 2025 PairCorr
  0.38GE GE Aerospace Fiscal Year End 28th of January 2025 PairCorr

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Correlation Matchups

Over a given time period, the two securities move together when the Correlation Coefficient is positive. Conversely, the two assets move in opposite directions when the Correlation Coefficient is negative. Determining your positions' relationship to each other is valuable for analyzing and projecting your portfolio's future expected return and risk.
High positive correlations   
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JPMT
MSFTMETA
XOMUBER
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High negative correlations   
MRKJPM
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First Trust Competition Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between First Etf performing well and First Trust ETF doing well as a business compared to the competition. There are so many exceptions to the norm that investors cannot definitively determine what's good or bad unless they analyze First Trust's multiple risk-adjusted performance indicators across the competitive landscape. These indicators are quantitative in nature and help investors forecast volatility and risk-adjusted expected returns across various positions.
Mean DeviationJensen AlphaSortino RatioTreynor RatioSemi DeviationExpected ShortfallPotential UpsideValue @RiskMaximum Drawdown
META  1.21  0.08  0.04  0.42  1.41 
 2.62 
 7.43 
MSFT  0.87  0.00 (0.02) 0.02  1.65 
 1.78 
 8.14 
UBER  1.65 (0.33) 0.00 (1.73) 0.00 
 2.53 
 20.41 
F  1.39 (0.03) 0.00 (0.12) 0.00 
 2.53 
 11.21 
T  0.95  0.10  0.07  0.39  1.13 
 1.93 
 7.95 
A  1.19 (0.04) 0.00 (0.12) 0.00 
 2.71 
 9.02 
CRM  1.46  0.33  0.19  20.66  1.34 
 3.18 
 14.80 
JPM  1.06  0.23  0.16 (3.32) 1.11 
 1.99 
 15.87 
MRK  0.97 (0.21) 0.00 (0.97) 0.00 
 1.72 
 5.17 
XOM  0.84 (0.11) 0.00 (0.64) 0.00 
 1.83 
 6.06